Burzine K Waghmar

Library

South Asia and Arts & Humanities Librarian (School of Arts)

Centre for the Study of Pakistan

Member, Centre for the Study of Pakistan

London Middle East Institute (LMEI)

Member, London Middle East Institute

Centre for Iranian Studies

Member

Name:: Burzine K Waghmar
Email address:: bw3@soas.ac.uk
Telephone:: +44 (0)20 7898 4144
Address:: SOAS University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG
Building:: Russell Square: College Buildings
Office No:: Library E10
Academic Support Hours:: Wednesday to Friday
Thesis title:: Bactrian and Central Asian Diplomatics.

Biography

Indo-Iranian History, Historical Geography and Philology (Avestan, Old Persian, Parthian, Pahlavi, Sanskrit, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Urdu, Pashto, Balochi and Kashmiri); Languages and Religions of Late Antiquity and the Silk Road (Bactrian, Khotanese, Sogdian, contacts among Zoroastrianism, Manichaeism and early Islam); Pakistan studies (Ancient and early Medieval History, Dardic and Nuristani dialectology, ethnography and topography of NWFP, FATA, Northern Areas and Trans-Karakoram Tract); Pakistani minorities; HUMINT counterterrorism and linguistic analysis; South Asian Muslim psycho-sociology; Muslim non-Muslim relations (Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh).

Research

Iranian and Inner Asian History and Historical Geography (2500 BC-AD 1000); Zoroastrianism; Manichaeism; Indo-Iranian Philology: Codicology, Diplomatics, Lexicography, Palaeography; Iranian Art, Literatures and Religions of the Silk Road during Late Antiquity (AD 250-800); New Iranian and Dardic Dialectology, Ethnology and Topography of Afghanistan and Pakistan: Balochistan, FATA/Waziristan, Northern Areas, Nuristan and Northwest Frontier Province/NWFP; Muslim-non-Muslim relations (Dhimmi studies, especially in Iran, Pakistan, Bangladesh); medieval and modern Islamic history; Counterterrorism and forensic phonetics (speech translation & analysis); Oriental studies: modern historiography, British orientalists, history of SOAS.

Expertise

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Regional Expertise

Central Asia
Near and Middle East
South Asia

Country Expertise

Afghanistan
China
India
Iran
Kyrgyzstan
Pakistan
Tajikistan
Turkmenistan
Uzbekistan

Languages

Avestan
Bactrian
Baluchi
Gujarati
Hindi
Khotanese
Marathi
Parthian
Pashto
Persian Ancient
Persian Middle
Persian Modern
Prakrit
Sanskrit
Sogdian
Urdu

Publications

Authored Books

Waghmar, Burzine and Chaghatai, M. Ikram (2005) Bibliography of the works of the Scholar-Hermit Prof. Dr. Annemarie Schimmel from 1943 through 2003. Lahore: Iqbal Academy.

Articles

Waghmar, Burzine (2015) 'Jinnah's Jews: a Jeremiad'. Studies on Israel, (5), pp 213-235.

Waghmar, Burzine (2013) 'Complaisant Pakistanis, Condescending Persians: Orientalist Observations on Iran-Pakistan Relations'. Studies on Iran: Reports, Articles, (1), pp 186-194.

Waghmar, Burzine (2010) 'The Idea of Iran: last of the Persian dynasties'. The Middle East in London, (6) 8, pp 14.

Waghmar, Burzine (2009) '"The Zoroastrian-Islamic rut": reflections on the scholarship of Zoroastrianism and Islam'. FEZANA, (23) 4, pp 41-42.

Waghmar, Burzine (2009) 'The Idea of Iran: traditions and innovations in early Islamic Persia'. The Middle East in London, (5) 8, pp 19.

Waghmar, Burzine (2008) 'Professor Ann Lambton'. The Independent, pp 50-50.

Waghmar, Burzine (2008) 'The Idea of Iran: the Early Islamic Period'. The Middle East in London, (4) 8, pp 17.

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) 'Pakistan Studies: The State of the Craft'. Dawn (Books and Authors Supplement), pp 5-5.

Waghmar, Burzine (2003) 'Professor Annemarie Schimmel (April 7, 1922 to January 26, 2003)'. Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society, (13) 3, pp 377-379.

Waghmar, Burzine (2003) 'Annemarie Schimmel'. The Guardian, pp 24-24.

Waghmar, Burzine (2002) 'Ilya Gershevitch (1914-2001)'. Nāme-ye Irān-e Bāstān: The International Journal of Ancient Iranian Studies, (1) 2, pp ix-xii.

Waghmar, Burzine and Frye, Richard N. (2001) 'Bactrian History and Language: An Overview'. Journal of the K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, (64), pp 40-48.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'Iranica at SOAS: A Brief History'. FEZANA, (14) 3, pp 25-27.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'Georg Morgenstierne and his Indo-Iranology'. CIAA Newsletter, (14), pp 22-22.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'The Disintegration of Afghan Heritage'. CIAA Newsletter, (14), pp 15-16.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'Afganistán: una historia milenaria'. CIAA Newsletter, (14), pp 34-34.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'Inaugural Faridoon Zartoshty Memorial Lecture at SOAS'. CIAA Newsletter, (13), pp 20.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) '‘Treasures of the Ark: 1700 Years of Armenian Christian Art’ The British Library, London, U.K.'. CIAA Newsletter, (13), pp 30-31.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'Inaugural Ehsan and Latifeh Yarshater Lectures at the Collège de France, Paris'. CIAA Newsletter, (14), pp 20-21.

Waghmar, Burzine (2000) 'SOAS Names Endowed Chair in Zoroastrian Studies'. SIS Newsletter, (30) 2, pp 7-7.

Waghmar, Burzine and Frye, Richard (1999) ''Zoroastrians in the Early Islamic Period,’ trans. of Richard Frye,‘Zoroastrier in der frühislamischer Zeit,’ Der Islam, 40 (1965): 198-99'. Journal of the K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, (63), pp 94-97.

Waghmar, Burzine (1998) 'Salmān Pāk: A Mōbed of Islam?'. Ushta: A Zoroastrian Studies Publication, (19) 2, pp 6.

Waghmar, Burzine (1996) 'Al-Majūs: The Zoroastrians of the Qu’rān'. FEZANA, (9) 4, pp 17.

Edited Books or Journals

Waghmar, Burzine, (ed.), (2004) The Empire of the Great Mughals: History, Art Culture. London: Reaktion Books.

Book Chapters

Waghmar, Burzine (2020) 'Settled rather than saddled Scythians: the easternmost Sakas'. In: Pankova, Svetlana and Simpson, St John, (eds.), Masters of the Steppe: the Impact of the Scythians and Later Nomad Societies of Eurasia. Proceedings of a conference held at the British Museum, 27-29 October 2017.. Oxford: Archaeopress Archaeology, pp 639-649.

Waghmar, Burzine (2020) 'Between Hind and Hellas: the Bactrian Bridgehead (with an Appendix on Indo-Hellenic interactions)'. In: Seshan, Radhika, (ed.), Indo-Hellenic Cultural Transactions: Proceedings of the Seminar on Indo-Hellenic Cultural Transactions, K R Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 19-20 January, 2013. Mumbai: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, pp 187-228.

Waghmar, Burzine (2018) 'Annemarie Schimmel v: Bibliography'. In: Yarshater, Ehsan, (ed.), Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.

Waghmar, Burzine (2018) 'Annemarie Schimmel iv: Works on Iqbal and Indo-Muslim Studies.'. In: Yarshater, Ehsan, (ed.), Encyclopædia Iranica. New York: Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation.

Waghmar, Burzine (2016) 'Repressing Pakistan: Oppressed Balochistan, Suppressed Sovereignty'. Faces of Oppression: Human Rights Violations in Balochistan. The Hague: Unrepresented Nations & Peoples Organization (UNPO), pp 13-22.

Waghmar, Burzine (2016) 'An Annotated Micro-history and Bibliography of the Houghton Shahnama.'. Firdawsii Millennium Indicum: Proceedings of the Shahnama Millenary Seminar, K R Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 8-9 January, 2011.. Mumbai: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, pp 144-180.

Waghmar, Burzine and Sharma, Sunil (2016) ''Firdawsi: a Scholium.''. Firdawsii Millennium Indicum: Proceedings of the Shahnama Millenary Seminar, K R Cama Oriental Institute, Mumbai, 8-9 January, 2011.. Mumbai: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, pp 7-18.

Waghmar, Burzine (2016) 'Iridescent Iran: Persian palimpsest, Mazdean mosaic'. In: Cama, Shernaz, (ed.), Threads of Continuity: Zoroastrian Life and Culture. New Delhi: Parzor Foundation, pp 215-224.

Waghmar, Burzine (2015) 'Burning Balochistan: Bombay Blowback and Pakistani Perfidy'. In: Petkovic, Iva, (ed.), Buried Human Rights, Global Geopolitics and Regional Repercussions; Balochistan in the Shadows. The Hague, The Netherlands: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), pp 28-44.

Waghmar, Burzine (2014) 'Beleaguered Balochs: Muslim Republics Murdering Muslim Minorities'. Human Rights, Regional Security and Perspectives for Balochistan and Pakistan Post-2014. The Hague, The Netherlands: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), pp 18-22.

Waghmar, Burzine (2013) 'Yet another Stan? Talibanisation and Islamic Radicalism in Balochistan and Southwest Asia'. Conference Report: What Future for Balochistan? Global and Regional Challenges. The Hague, The Netherlands: Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO), pp 25-27.

Waghmar, Burzine (2013) 'Ann Katharine Swynford Lambton [Nancy] (1912-2008)'. In: Goldman, Lawrence, (ed.), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 2005-2008. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp 674-675.

Waghmar, Burzine (2011) 'Islamic rule in Iran and Central Asia, 650-1000 CE'. In: Bisson, Wilfred J., (ed.), World History Encyclopedia. Santa Barbara, CA: ABC-CLIO, pp 296-299.

Waghmar, Burzine (2010) 'Dinshah Dorabji Kapadia'. In: Yarshater, Ehsan, (ed.), Encyclopædia Iranica, vol. XV. New York: Encyclopædia Iranica Foundation, pp 521-521.

Waghmar, Burzine (2010) 'Preliminary Remarks on Bactrian Diplomatics'. In: Macuch, Maria and Weber, Dieter and Durkin-Meisterernst, Desmond, (eds.), Ancient and Middle Iranian Studies: Proceedings of the 6th European Conference of Iranian Studies, held in Vienna, 18-22 September 2007. Wiesbaden: Harrasowitz Verlag, pp 245-254.

Waghmar, Burzine (2009) 'Gujarati'. In: Brown, Keith and Ogilvie, Sarah, (eds.), Concise Encyclopedia of the Languages of the World. Oxford: Elsevier, pp 468-469.

Waghmar, Burzine and Young, Ruth (2008) 'Central Asia 500 BC-AD 600'. In: Onians, John, (ed.), The Art Atlas. London: Laurence King, pp 82-83.

Waghmar, Burzine (2006) 'Gujarati'. In: Brown, Keith, (ed.), Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics , 2nd ed.. Oxford: Elsevier, pp 173-174.

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) 'Annemarie Schimmel and Indo-Pakistan Studies'. In: Durrani, Saeed, (ed.), Remembering the Scholar-Hermit: Proceedings of the Annemarie Schimmel Commemorative Seminar. Lahore: Iqbal Academy, pp 67-72.

Waghmar, Burzine and Young, Ruth (2004) 'Central Asia 500 BC-AD 600'. In: Onians, John, (ed.), Atlas of World Art. London: Laurence King, pp 82-83.

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'A Note on Parsi Islamology'. In: Modi, H. N., (ed.), Third International Congress Proceedings: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute.. Bombay: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, pp 252-258.

Conference Items

Waghmar, Burzine (2013) 'Yet Another Stan? Talibanisation and Islamic Radicalism in Balochistan and Southwest Asia' In: Global and Regional Security Challenges in South Asia: What Future for Balochistan, 24 February 2013, The Royal Society, London.

Waghmar, Burzine (2011) ''A celebration of 25 centuries': Pahlavisants, Pakistanis and Parsis' In: Persepolis 40 Years on: International Conference on the Archaeology, History and Reception of Persepolis, October 14-16, 2011, The University of Edinburgh.

Waghmar, Burzine (2011) 'Iran extérieur and Serindia: daily transactions along the Borderlands' In: Borderlands: 84th South Asia Archive and Library Group Winter Conference, January 28, 2011, Royal Asiatic Society, London. [Unpublished]

Waghmar, Burzine (2010) 'Matthew's Midrashic Magi' In: Zoroastrianism in the Levant: Twenty-Eighth Conference, ARAM Society for Syro-Mesopotamian Studies, 5-7 July, 2010, Oriental Institute, University of Oxford. [Unpublished]

Waghmar, Burzine (2006) 'Bangladesh Workshop: Conflict Issues Group' In: Bangladesh Workshop: Conflict Issues Group, 30 March, 2006, Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO), London. [Unpublished]

Waghmar, Burzine (2006) 'Bangladesh: Dynamic Stalemate (2005-15)' In: Bangladesh: Issues of Political Stability and Islamic Radicalization, 23 February, 2006, Chatham House, London. [Unpublished]

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) 'Orientalist remarks on South Asian dhimmis' In: "Religious Revivalism and Political Extremism in Pakistan and Bangladesh", 16 December 2005, International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), London. [Unpublished]

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) 'Zoroastrian Orientalists of the 19th and 20th centuries' In: Eighth World Zoroastrian Congress 2005. London, 24 June - 1 July, 2005, Wembley Conference Centre. [Unpublished]

Waghmar, Burzine (2005) 'Annemarie Schimmel and Indo-Pakistan Studies' In: A Quest for the Sacred: Professor Annemarie Schimmel Commemorative Seminar, 9 October 2003, London.

Waghmar, Burzine (2004) 'Good and Evil: A Zoroastrian Perspective' In: Roshni Forum, 28 March, 2004, Indian YMCA, London. [Unpublished]

Waghmar, Burzine (2003) 'Annemarie Schimmel: Zindagani aur Ilmiyat [Annemarie Schimmel: Life and Scholarship]' In: SOAS Urdu Society, 31 May, 2003, SOAS. [Unpublished]

Waghmar, Burzine (2003) 'Tribute to Annemarie Schimmel' In: Mera Payam Aur: Symposium on the Poet of the East Sir Allama Iqbal (1877-1938), 24 May, 2003, St. Antony's College, University of Oxford. [Unpublished]

Waghmar, Burzine (2001) 'G. K. Nariman and Parsi Islamology' In: Third International Congress Proceedings: K. R. Cama Oriental Institute, 6-8 January 2000, Bombay.